Poetry Index
Complete collection of poems, songs, verdicts, and riddles from Dream of the Red Chamber.
Poetry Index
Verdict on Yuanchun
判词For twenty years she learned to judge the right and wrong; Pomegranate blossoms lit the palace halls.
Chapter 5
Verdict on Tanchun
判词Her talent keen, her aspirations high, But born in declining times, her fortune waned.
Chapter 5
Verdict on Xichun
判词She saw through the three springs' fleeting glory; Black robes replaced her former finery.
Chapter 5
Parting from Flesh and Blood
曲词Three thousand leagues of wind and rain under one sail, All flesh and blood and homeland left behind.
Chapter 5
Birds Scatter to the Woods
曲词Those who held office see their estates in ruins; The wealthy find their gold and silver gone;
Chapter 5
Ode to White Begonia: Tanchun
诗Slanting sun and cold grass by the layered gate; Green moss fills the pot after the rain.
Chapter 37
Tanchun's Lantern Riddle
灯谜When children at the steps gaze upward, Qingming Festival dress is most becoming.
Chapter 22
Willow Catkin Lyric: Tanchun
词Vainly hanging, thread after slender thread; Idly dangling, strand after trailing strand.
Chapter 70
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